[4203] in sapr3-soft
Re: transferring G/L accts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris St.Clair)
Tue Sep 21 09:30:13 1999
To: sapr3-soft@MIT.EDU
Date: 21 Sep 1999 07:32:30 -0500
From: "Chris St.Clair" <cstclair@netcomuk.co.uk> (by way of SAP Moderator <sap-request@realtimeusa.com>)
Message-Id: <7s7tsu$6vh@nexus.netconcepts.com>
My company used upcoming implementation of SAP to redesign their GLOBAL
Chart Of Accounts. Unfortunately, a number of assumptions were made about
HOW SAP works which were incorrect and we left ourselves unable to analyse
certain results (for example split between debtors <1 year and >1 year.
I would suggest that it is better to design a new chart of accounts and
take the opportunity to "clean" up your balances prior to import into SAP.
This way you are not hampered by old structures which do not relate well to
your new system and processes.
SAP implementation consultants usually do not recommend taking on historic
data unless it is critical. In my last implementationwe uploaded 24 months
of actual historic data ... and spent six months fixing it. I would
suggest taking-on opening balances only and extracting any detail
information required from your legacy system.
Hope this helps!
Chris St.Clair
Finance Team Leader
Pioneer International Limited
